University of Missouri
Missouri Cancer Registry and Department of Health Management & Informatics
401 Clark Hall
Columbia,
MO
USA
65211
jacksonthompsonj@health.missouri.edu
Biographical Sketch:
1/11–present -- Director, Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Center (MCR-ARC) and Research Associate Professor, Health Management & Informatics, MU School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
9/10–present -- Core faculty, University of Missouri Informatics Institute (MU-II)
9/07–12/10 -- Operations Director, Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Associate Professor, Health Management & Informatics, MU School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
8/02–8/07 -- Operations Director, Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Assistant Professor, Health Management & Informatics, MU School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
1994–2009 -- Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. Louis University School of Public Health
1998–2005 -- Adjunct Research Associate, MU Department of Anthropology
1996–7/02 -- Chief, Office of Surveillance, Research and Evaluation; Director, Missouri Cancer Registry Enhancement Project; Director, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Project, Division of CDPHP, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO
Author or coauthor of 60 publications (30 in refereed journals) primarily relating to cancer epidemiology, quality of life, health disparities, data quality and chronic disease prevention and control.
Over 75 presentations at national meetings, including presentations on health informatics, electronic reporting, data security and comparative effectiveness research.
Serve on a number of national committees and work groups, including CDC-AERRO (Advancing E-cancer Reporting and Registry Operations) Work Group, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registry's Data Utilization and Research Committee and the American Public Health Association Health Informatics Information Technology Section Work Group on National HIT Transformation: Identifying and Addressing Gaps in Consumer Involvement.
Principal Investigator on a number of public health surveillance and research projects related to cancer incidence data collection and utilization, quality of life of cancer survivors and utilizing technology to improve quality, timeliness and completeness of cancer data collection.